Opinions
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PDP’s resurrection; Mehbooba should read writing on wall and work like her father
Last Friday PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti announced dissolution of her party’s structure and held out a promise that it would be constituted afresh in tune with the new…
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Divided by history can India and China overcome grievances?
India and China have been neighbours for thousands of years. But neither were the Chinese aware in detail about the Indians nor vice versa. Both were westwards focused.. However now the relations…
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J-K: Omar hands over restoration of statehood resolution to PM
In his first meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday evening , Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah handed over a resolution passed by his cabinet on restoration of statehood …
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Politics of Lok Sabha seat allocation set to resurge
The number of Lok Sabha seats in the country was fixed at 489 in 1951, before the first elections were held in free India. Taking account of the change in population in…
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Opinion: United response is real answer to terrorists in Kashmir
The Sunday evening terror attack in Gagangeer in Central Kashmir which left seven civilians, including a local doctor, dead, was not yet another terror attack in the genre of such attacks to…
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Opinion: Can Canada afford to break off relationship with India?
Canada and India’s relationship may seem to have reached its rock bottom with each side expelling the top brass including Ambassadors of both sides, but will this lead to a complete snapping…
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Karnataka High Court judgement is flawed; it is neither farsighted nor foresighted
I recently had the satisfaction of coming across a news item which stated that the Karnataka High Court had quashed the criminal case lodged by the police against two persons in connection…
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Opinion: Ladakh discourse missing in J-K polls, first time in history
One of the rare distinctions of the recently concluded J&K Assembly polls was that for the first time in its history Ladakh was not the part of the whole exercise. This was…
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UP: Unlike Gopal Mishra, media overlooks Aryan Mishra’s murder by Bajrang Dal
This article examines how the media responded selectively to the death of 22-year-old Ram Gopal Mishra and 19-year-old Aryan Mishra who was earlier murdered by the Bajrang Dal, as a stark divide…
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No room for confrontation, despite mandate against abrogation of Article 370
The process of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir clocked its last milestone when a democratically elected government led by National Conference leader Omar Abdullah took the oath of office and secrecy…
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NC, BJP will have to start their journey for J-K ‘s progress together
There is no doubt that the National Conference has got a decisive mandate from Kashmir Valley, and with independents’ support it has much better presence in the Jammu region than its ally…
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Opinion: Are we on the brink of a third world war?
Suddenly the Israel-Iran war is no longer a war taking place in far off Middle East but seemingly coming very close to us. Already stock market has taken a hit, oil price…
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Jammu looking for its rightful position in new dispensation in J-K
In the run up to the government formation in Jammu and Kashmir for which National Conference vice president has staked a claim there is a big apprehension in Jammu how would this…
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J-K: Delhi-Srinagar need to walk extra mile
There are two ways of looking at the verdict delivered by the voters in Assembly elections held in Jammu and Kashmir after a decade , the people across the UT have not…
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Philip Noel-Baker: Only man to win Olympic medal and Nobel prize
When we think of Nobel prize winners we visualise people with exceptional brains whose dedicated work in their respective fields finally fetches them the world’s most prestigious prize. When we think of…
